
♪ ♪ ♪ lay down body, ♪ ♪ lay down a little while. ♪ ♪ oh body. ♪ ♪ lay down your brother, ♪ ♪ lay down a little while ♪ ♪ lay down a little while, ♪ ♪ i know your tired. ♪ ♪ lay down a littlewhile, you is tired. ♪
♪ lay down, lay down body. ♪ ♪ lay down a littlewhile, body. ♪ ♪ lay down, ohsoul and body. ♪ ♪ lay down a littlewhile, you is tired, ♪ ♪ lay down a little laydown a little while. ♪ ♪ lay down a little while,lay down a little while, ♪ ♪ lay down a little , laydown a little while, ♪ ♪ lay down a little while,you need resting, ♪ ♪ lay down a little while,lay down a little while. ♪
♪ who stole the soulfrom black folk? ♪ ♪ same man that stole theland from chief black smoke ♪ ♪ and made the whipcrackle on our back slow ♪ ♪ and made us gothrough the back door ♪ ♪ and raffle black bodieson the slave blocks ♪ ♪ now we slave to the blocks,on 'em we spray shots ♪ ♪ leaving our ownto lay in a box ♪ ♪ black mother's stomachsstay in a knot ♪ ♪ we kill each other,it's part of the plot ♪
♪ i wish the hatingwill stop (war) ♪ ♪ and the battle with us ♪ ♪ i know that black livesmatter and they matter to us ♪ ♪ these are the thingswe gotta discuss ♪ ♪ the new plantation,mass incarceration ♪ ♪ you know ♪ ♪ one way of solving a lotof problems that we've got ♪ ♪ is lettin' a person feelthat they're important ♪ ♪ and a man can't get himselftogether until he knows ♪
♪ who he is and be proudof what and who he is, ♪ ♪ and where he come from,and where he come from ♪ ♪ here we go, here,here we go again ♪ ♪ trayvon'll never getto be an older man ♪ ♪ black children, theychildhood stole from them ♪ ♪ robbed of our names andour language, stole again ♪ ♪ instead of educate, they'drather convict the kids ♪ ♪ as dirty as the waterin flint, the system is ♪ ♪ is it a felony or amisdemeanor? ♪
♪ maria sharapova makingmore than serena ♪ ♪ it took viola davisto say this ♪ ♪ the roles of the helpand the gangsters ♪ ♪ is really allthey gave us ♪ ♪ we need avas, ta-nehisis,and cory bookers ♪ ♪ the salt of the earthto get us off of sugar ♪ ♪ and greasy foods ♪ ♪ i don't believe the news orradio, stereotypes we refuse ♪ ♪ brainwashed in thecycle to spin ♪
♪ we write our own story,black america again ♪ ♪ oh god, you got a rightto the tree of life. ♪ ♪ you got a right,you got a right. ♪ ♪ you got a rightto the tree life. ♪ ♪ you got a right tothe tree of life. ♪ ♪ swing down sweet chariotstop and let me ride, ♪
No comments:
Post a Comment